Academic impartiality and scientific quality are important criteria in the evaluation of articles submitted for publication. Therefore, the recommendations of the International Standards for Editors and Authors of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) should be taken into account in scientific articles submitted to the CTC journal.

• Title of Manuscript: The title has to present the topic of the paper clearly.
• Abstract: For summarizing the paper. Healthy abstract should contain background/importance of research topic, purpose/hypothesis, design/methodology/ approach including procedures/data/ Observations, Findings and Conclusions.
• Introduction: State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
• Related Works (Optional): In this section, previous studies conducted in the state of the art have to be reviewed.
• Materials and Methods/ Methodology/ Proposed Work: This section includes the new methodology /methodology applied/ proposed work.
• Results and Discussion: This section demonstrates the findings and provides analytical discussion.
• Conclusion(s) (and Future Work/ Optional): This section concludes the paper and highlights the contributions of the conducted study and sets the direction of the Future Work (Optional).
• References: relevant references have to be cited. You should follow the examples provided for correct citation:
a) For article: O. Dxxx, Title of Paper, Journal Name, Vol.x,N.y, pp.Aa-Bb (Year).
b) For book: J. Axxx, Book Name, Xxxx Press, City, (Year).
c) For conference: L.M. xxx and D. Pxxx, Title of Presentation, Conference Name, Location, (Year).
d) For thesis: F. Txxx, Title of Thesis. Ph.D. (or M.Sc.) Thesis. University Name, (Year).
e) Appendices (Optional): Source code, additional (results, figures, tables, equations), etc.  

Template

CTC only accepts latex for the article during the printing phase. You can access the journal template from the link . 

Copyright form

During the submission, you must fill out the copyright form and upload it to the system. You can access the copyright form from the link.

Note: If any editor sends an article to the CTC, the editor's access to the editorial panel is prevented. The editor follows all processes as a writer. After the process is completed, the editorial authority is given to him again.

Required files to be uploaded when submitting an article:

1- TEX document of the article prepared by considering the spelling rules (Author(s) information, name and surname, Orcid(s), responsible author, e-mail(s) must be found.)
2- TEX document of the article prepared considering the spelling rules (There should be no information belonging to the authors. This file will be sent to the referees in accordance with the double-blind refereeing policy.)

Non-essential files that must be uploaded when submitting an article:

1- It is recommended to upload a plagiarism report to the system.
2- If necessary for the study, the approved version of the Ethics Committee Permit must be uploaded to the system. In addition, this approval (name of the board, date and number) should be stated in the "Article Information Form" at the end of the study and in the method section. Ethics committee permission is requested for all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, and interview techniques, regardless of when the study was conducted.

Peer Review Policy

Current Trends in Computing (CTC), applies double blind peer-review process in which both the reviewer and the author are anonymous. Reviewer selection for each submitted article is up to area editors, and reviewers are selected based on the reviewer’s expertise, competence, and previous experience in reviewing papers for CTC.

Every submitted article is evaluated by area editor, at least, for an initial review. If the paper reaches minimum quality criteria, fulfills the aims, scope and policies of CTC, it is sent to at least two reviewers for evaluation.

The reviewers evaluate the paper according to the Review guidelines set by editorial board members and return it to the area editor, who conveys the reviewers' anonymous comments back to the author. Anonymity is strictly maintained.

The double blind peer-review process is managed using “ULAKBİM Dergi Sistemleri”, namely Dergipark platform.

Originality and Plagiarism Policy

Authors by submitting their manuscript to CTC declare that their work is original and authored by them; has not been previously published nor submitted for evaluation; original ideas, data, findings and materials taken from other sources (including their own) are properly documented and cited; their work does not violate any rights of others, including privacy rights and intellectual property rights; provided data is their own data, true and not manipulated. Plagiarism in whole or in part without proper citation is not tolerated by CTC. Manuscripts submitted to the journal will be checked for originality using anti-plagiarism software.